Peter Elfelt

Two fine gentlemen battle brutishly for the favour of two fine ladies. However, one of the gentlemen forgets his suitcase at the station, and his competitor spots his chance to gain a huge lead. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the German Kaiser. But the Kaiser had a habit of inviting himself.

Peter Elfelt filming fashion.

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

A short film from Peter Elfelt showing Dagmar Hansen.

Nikolai II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar, son of Alexander III and Dagmar. He had been in Denmark on vacation with his parents several times. The royal houses usually met in September to celebrate Queen Louise's birthday. Even after Queen Louise's death, the families still kept the tradition.

Two fine gentlemen battle brutishly for the favour of two fine ladies. However, one of the gentlemen forgets his suitcase at the station, and his competitor spots his chance to gain a huge lead. (Stumfilm.dk)

The Kaiser was an unpopular guest in Denmark. Both for personal and political reasons, the Danish court did not want to have too close ties to the German Kaiser. But the Kaiser had a habit of inviting himself.

Peter Elfelt filming fashion.

Various street scenes from Copenhagen in 1907.

A short film from Peter Elfelt showing Dagmar Hansen.

Nikolai II (1868-1918), the last Russian czar, son of Alexander III and Dagmar. He had been in Denmark on vacation with his parents several times. The royal houses usually met in September to celebrate Queen Louise's birthday. Even after Queen Louise's death, the families still kept the tradition.

Johan Carl Joensen, a Danish colonial manager in Greenland, drives his dog sled in Copenhagen’s Fælledparken. (stumfilm.dk)

Solo from 'La sylphide' (1836), ballet by August Bournonville. Performed by Ellen Price (1878-1968), soloist from 1903. Ellen Price's dancing in Hans Beck's ballet 'The Little Mermaid' (1909) was the inspiration for Edvard Eriksen's statue of the same name (1911). (Stumfilm.DK)

Presentation of horses and cows.

Danish filmmaker Peter Elfelt took his camera to the bottom of the slopes at the skiing competition in Norway. At the bottom of the slope the director captured the man finishing off their jumps.

A group of military men uses explosives to de-root trees.

Peter Elfelt filming at the pres office at Berlingske Tidende with Kaj Flor, with others, in presence.

Prominent people at a funeral.

A Danish commercial for Aktieselskabet Linotol-Kompagniet and linotol floor covering.

View of the Lerfossen near Trondhjem.

Spirited Ukrainian trepak dance, performed by Russian soloist Wania Tartakoff. (Stumfilm.DK)

The engineer troops going to work in preparation for explosives.

The Children's Dance from 'Elverhøj', performed by Gudrun Christensen and Helga Smith. Elverhøj (1828; literal translation, Elves’ Hill) by Johan Ludvig Heiberg, with music by Frederik Kuhlau, is considered the Danish national play. It was commissioned by King Frederik VI for the marriage of his youngest daughter Vilhelmine Marie to Frederik Carl Christian (later King Frederik VII). (Stumfilm.DK)

The funeral of composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmanns in Vor Frue Kirke.

A film by Peter Elfelt.

Images of a hunting party with the Swedish King Oscar II, Prince Christian, Prince Gustav, Prince Valdemar and Prince Georg. Hveen is an island in the strait 'Øresund' between Denmark and Sweden. The island was under Danish rule until 1658. It is mainly know as the site where the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe made his internationally acclaimed observations in the years 1576-1597.

Students collecting money for the children.

Long winded film runs just over six-minutes but we're pretty much shown Iceland's Parliament as they board a ship and are given a reception by the Danish crown.

Horses riding at Kongerevuen.

The proclamation was performed on 30 January 1906 by Prime Minister Jens Christian Christensen (1856-1930). At age 63, Frederik finally became king. He had been standing in the shadow of his father, who did not want any interference by his curious and hard working son. -Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish Film Institute)

Erotic dance performed by an unknown female dancer.

The 1906 version of the Kongerevue parade in Denmark.

The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Trondhjem, Norway.

The short clip shows a spiritualist séance featuring a medium and two ‘spirits’, shot in Peter Elfelt’s studio. Dr Faustinus (1868–1946 – real name Faustinus Edelberg Pedersen), after whom the film is named, was an active figure within the field of spiritism and the occult. (Stumfilm.dk)

Documentation of a royal visit to Bellevue.

17th of May celebrations in Norway.

King Frederik VIII of Denmark arrives in Berlin, Germany.

At first this looks like another of those innumerable fire brigade movies of the era in which you saw the horses charging pellmell out of the firehouse, pulling the firemen and the equipment. Usually they would be on wheels, occasionally on sleigh runner, but always the same: fire departments from Buffalo, New York, Chicago and probably Omsk and Tomsk. This one is different: you see not only the fire brigade heading out for the fire, you see the site of the fire itself.

People traveling by horse carriage to a party.

Early wrestling footage.

King Haakon on the boat of Crown Prince Christian.

Kids jump in the water.

JP Müller shows gymnastic exercises in the garden.

Demonstrations through the city on May 1st in Slagelse. The year is unknown.

The German Emperor Wilhelm II is a guest minor in Denmark. Both personal and political reasons, the crown does not want to maintain special ties with the Emperor. But the Kaiser has an habit of invited himself ...